Sentences with phrase «as high poverty»

Faced with risk factors such as high poverty rates and domestic violence and low preschool enrollment, Denver is leveraging its community assets and collective impact expertise to create a trauma - informed system that supports social - emotional development.

Almost thirty percent of North Carolina's schools received letter grades of D or F — and nearly all of those schools are designated as high poverty schools with at least 50 percent of their students receiving free or reduced lunch.

Really it is certain types of public schools are failing such as high poverty rural and urban schools.

For example, these schools are twice as likely to offer a full range of math and science courses, and more affluent schools offer three times as many advanced placement, or AP, classes as their higher poverty peers.

Not exact matches

And tipped waiters and bar tenders experience poverty at rates that are more than twice as high as non-tipped workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

This is a key change as senior adults once had the highest poverty rates.

High poverty levels aren't a sufficient reason either, seeing as other countries with low levels of per - capita income, such as Kenya and Jamaica, consistently fare better, he added.

To do this, we must take a look at all the factors that play into safeguarding our community from devastation, such as developing smart infrastructure, increasing mobility options, addressing the affordable housing crisis and closing the income inequality gap that is fueling high levels of poverty throughout Miami - Dade County.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

Diverse data: In a briefing with reporters, NIH officials said they are focusing on gathering health and genetic data from diverse and historically underrepresented groups — including ethnic and sexual minorities, as well as people with disabilities, with less than a high school education, and with income below the poverty level.

Hmmm, falling wages, higher unemployment, rising poverty, an unstable economy, a crumbling infrastructure, income inequality we haven't seen since the gilded age, and America losing ground as the world's economic superpower and builder of the world's best products.

Like ascetical disciplines such as fasting or celibacy or poverty, marriage involves saying no to something in order to say yes to a higher good.

We are forced to conclude that a major reason that clergymen high on doctrinalism are so unlikely to preach about the problems of race, war and poverty is that they see such problems as mundane in contrast to the joys of the world to come, and besides, they believe these social ills would take care of themselves if enough men were brought to Christ.

«Not just in one country but in numerous Muslim countries, I have been able to walk in, head held high, no covert cover story and not only identify passively as a Christian but identify openly, work openly and hold serious talks about faith between Muslims and Christians, and not just at the grassroots level of poverty — people who needed my help — but also with the powerful and influential people who could have, in that moment, had me arrested and had me taken out back.»

I do think that — I passionately believe that free market economics — a liberty - oriented economic policy creating high sustained growth needs to be recognized as the best means for people to be lifted out of poverty.

As for his touting that he created sooo many jobs in Texas, I've got news for him and everybody else, a famous and credible news report said not long ago that he did not create that many jobs as he likes to say he did and also that the Poverty Rate in Texas is extremely high compared to the rest of the natioAs for his touting that he created sooo many jobs in Texas, I've got news for him and everybody else, a famous and credible news report said not long ago that he did not create that many jobs as he likes to say he did and also that the Poverty Rate in Texas is extremely high compared to the rest of the natioas he likes to say he did and also that the Poverty Rate in Texas is extremely high compared to the rest of the nation.

We give Israel billions of dollars of aid every year from our hardworking tax - payers» money when nearly 50 million Americans live under poverty in this nation, as well as having lots of problems in this nation, such as bad infrastructure, high unemployment rate, billions of dollars in debt, etc..

His talk stressed that as FWL is one third of the total food produced globally, reduction in FWL can bring multiple benefits such as poverty reduction, higher income for the producers and lower cost for consumers, as well as protection of precious resources and the environment.

This is despite growing high - level recognition of the benefits of ecological based agriculture and organic in particular as a solution to the MDG 1: Extreme Poverty & Hunger:

Farrington's research background, plus her history as a teacher in high - poverty neighborhoods, helped her think differently about what happens to students when they're at school.

And like many other teachers at high - poverty schools, those at M.S. 45 had come to believe that with students as potentially disruptive as theirs, strong, dominant teacher control was the only way to keep the classroom calm and orderly; handing over the reins would mean chaos.

Those with a low level of educational attainment are almost five times as likely to be in poverty now as those with a high level of education.

High school graduates are half as likely to go into poverty, so when we talk about hunger as an education issue it's really about investing in kids now — investing in this country's future.

The Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010, up for a vote as early as today, would attempt to fix some of these problems through a variety of means, including allowing schools in high - poverty areas to offer free meals to all students without any paperwork, making foster children automatically eligible for free meals, and giving incentives to states that improve their certification rates.

«As parents, we want to shield our children from the pains of growing up and facing difficult situations, but long term we must honor our kids» desire for some struggle,» Tough said, adding that the struggles between those with high incomes and high poverty are different and require distinct supports.

As I note in this article, people who grow up in poverty experience high levels of stress, and may therefore be at high risk of developing stress - related diseases, atherosclerosis, autoimmune disorders, and cancer.

The sample was stratified by country and electoral ward type to over-represent families in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, and wards with a high proportion of disadvantaged and ethnic minority families.19 Electoral wards were defined as ethnic minority (at least 30 % of population «Black» or «Asian», 1991 census), with the remainder defined as disadvantaged (upper quartile Child Poverty Index20) or advantaged (not in upper quartile Child Poverty Index).

The percentages are even higher for women who are also dealing with poverty, and can be twice as high for teen parents.

Investigating successful kids and programs at low - income schools and high - achieving prep schools, as well as interviewing psychologists and neuroscientists, Tough challenges some conventional wisdom on causes of failure (poverty, teacher quality) and contends that nurturing character in children and young adults is the key to success.

The jury is out as to why this is, but probable causes include insufficient (or nonexistent) maternity leave, poverty and its accompanying stress and pour nourishment, lack of education about and exposure to breastfeeding, infant care practices that keep mother and baby separate, scheduled feeding, high rates of birth interventions, the aggressive marketing of infant formula, exposure to pesticides and endocrine disruptors, and cultural beliefs that tell mothers they can't do it.

In areas of high poverty, poor healthcare, and inadequate sanitation, bottle - feeding does not meet any of these criteria, and as such the decision to breastfeed must be made on a case - by - case basis.

These included fathers» age in years, race and ethnicity, household poverty level (as a percentage of the federal poverty level), educational level (less than high school, high school or equivalent, some college or more), employment status (reporting regular work in the last week), and marital status with the child's mother.

While unemployment in Erie County as a whole is comparable to other metropolitan regions in the United States, the unemployment rate within certain zip codes located in Erie County is as high as 21.7 % and the poverty rate as high as 44.7 %; these zip codes are among the 16 targeted for attention by the Executive Order.

At a time when the corporate education reformers like Governor Cuomo scapegoat teachers, underfund public schools, and push high - stakes testing linked to Common Core as way to justify the expansion of privately - managed charter schools, she has persistently brought forth real facts about how poverty, segregation, and inequitable school funding affect testing and achievement in public schools.

«Under Mayor Miner's leadership and Colleen Deacon's assistance as Sen. Gillibrand's point person in the region, the infrastructure in our city is crumbling, there is decreased police presence on our streets, the poverty rate is skyrocketing, and the high school graduation rate hovers around 50 percent,» O'Connor said.

«As a city with one of the highest rates of concentrated poverty in the United States, we need to focus our efforts on projects that can alleviate the pernicious effects of poverty, creating meaningful jobs and improving the quality of life in our neighborhoods.»

As the high - tech industry takes off in the Capital Region's suburbs, the area's Regional Economic Development Council is focusing in part on something different as it readies for a $ 1.5 billion upstate revitalization sweepstakes: urban poverty and inequalitAs the high - tech industry takes off in the Capital Region's suburbs, the area's Regional Economic Development Council is focusing in part on something different as it readies for a $ 1.5 billion upstate revitalization sweepstakes: urban poverty and inequalitas it readies for a $ 1.5 billion upstate revitalization sweepstakes: urban poverty and inequality.

He described 2015 as «one of the most difficult in our 58 - year history» due to «widespread despondency, brought about by severe hardships, rising cost of living, high levels of youth unemployment, collapsed businesses and increasing poverty which is partly the result of a 4 year old energy crisis.

The report highlighted Manchester as the city with the highest number of children living in «severe poverty».

A major factor in this high incidence of fuel poverty is lack of access to mains gas and dependence on more expensive oil as a heating fuel.

Students In High Poverty Districts More Than Twice as Likely to be Taught by Non-Effective Teachers

The Bawku Central Member of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has sued the Akufo - Addo administration at the Supreme Court over the implementation of some of its key initiatives such as the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP), Free Senior High School, Planting for Food and Jobs as well as the operations of existing agencies like the Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC)...

Syracuse, as Mr. Weiner reported last September, has the highest concentration of black and Hispanic poverty in America, which has «spread unabated from Syracuse's core to the city's Near South, Near Southwest, and North Side.»

As our report suggests, we need more education funding in high needs districts and a serious investment of state funds in combatting child poverty if we are to improve graduation rates.

«Well - off schools with the highest student test scores come under the same tenure law as struggling schools in high - poverty areas.

To be fair, he likely promised as much to win the union's backing to take over the Assembly leadership — and no matter that some Assembly Democrats oppose the UFT's efforts to, for example, kill the charter schools that are working miracles in high - poverty, minority neighborhoods.

She chose Syracuse as a subject after it landed at the top of the Century Foundation's list of cities with the highest concentrations of poverty.

Students in high - poverty schools were more than three times as likely to be taught by a U-rated teacher as students in low - poverty schools.

The poverty rate is high and unemployment exceeds the statewide average of 8.5 % to as high as 14 % in Gloversville and over 12 % in Elmira.

As a result, communities like Kingston and Wawarsing, which have a high proportion of residents living under the poverty line, end up bearing the lion's share of Safety Net costs while wealthier or more rural towns like Woodstock and Marbletown see minimal impact.